KEY SCRIPTURE: Matt 3:15 KJV “And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.”

We continue with our studies on the person of Jesus and how He viewed and handled certain situations as they occurred to him.

Before He started His ministry, He had to be baptised. Baptism was a form of washing or purification. Jesus had no sin that needed to be washed away, yet this was the divine order. Secondly John was a forerunner to him, and needed to give his full approval of the role he came to play in His life and the upcoming ministry of the Lord. The Lord called it fulfilling righteousness. John was very hesitant in accepting to baptize the Lord, knowing Jesus in reality is the one who commissioned him to take that role or Jesus is the Lord of glory.

Fulfilling all righteousness as the Lord called it meant He was not in anyway going to cut corners. He was saying let us do the right thing. There is an Akan proverb, that says ” short route are an abomination ” Our world especially Ghana and other African countries break statutory systems, laws, and standards with impunity. The safety thing is that those of influence are the most culprits, as well as the general citizenry. Laws, systems, and order are set up to give us all an orderly life that would make the whole system, very smooth and working for all. Sadly, the right ways are stamped and thrown into the dustbin.

Can we learn from the master, to fulfill all righteousness. A young man meets a young lady and they agree to marry. Before both families come together to officially accept the two as couples, these people start living as couples. Our current world view seems to see no problem with it, yet so long as God who instituted marriage says it is not right perpetrators would definitely suffer the consequences of their error. We do not live in only a purely physical world, but there are spirits, who would come at you when you break divine laws and standards. Moral laws and standards are broken left and right. Please whoever you are, it does not matter your status in society   if you fail to observe all righteousness you would pay dearly for it. Your status cannot exempt you from the horrors of electricity, if you do not handle it in its right ways.

What happened after the Lord had observed all righteousness. The bible says right when He was baptised the Holy Spirit descended on Him. The heavenly father spoke and said this is my beloved son, in whom I’ m well pleased. His mission was properly started.

CONFESSION

Thank you, heavenly father. I commit my life to knowing your right ways, and doing them. It does not matter, how humbling an act may demand, so long as it is ordained by God to be observed, I would rigorously go through it.

THOUGHT:  DOING THINGS RIGHTLY MAKES LIFE SMOOTHER

FURTHER STUDIES

Prov 3:5 KJV Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Prov 4:27 KJV “Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Heb 4:15 KJV “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

The Lord Jesus was absolutely victorious in all He did. Our key scripture says He was tempted at various points yet He was without sin. In St Matthew narration about Him, he talked about His temptation in the wilderness, immediately after being baptised and subsequently filled with the Holy Spirit. The bible said, He was led into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil Matt 4:1. In this time of temptation He fasted. The reading suggests He fasted in order to overcome the temptation. The other view is that whiles He fasted the tempter also did His job.

In all, there were three major temptations. Mark 1:13 also suggests He was there with wild beasts. All these added up to the temptations. The wild beasts could have stirred up fear, yet the Lord will have none of that. Fear had no place in Him.

What is the essence of temptations. The tempter seeks to make the child of God to break faith with God. One’s ability to overcome the temptation, strengthens His commitment, and knowledge of the Lord. According to James 1:2-4 temptations make us perfect and want nothing, only if we overcome.

The temptations of the Lord were in three categories.

1.To satisfy the appetite of the flesh, without waiting for the appropriate occasion. He was hungry, and so must use His power to make stone to become bread to satisfy that hunger.

 This would mean, He becomes a slave of His appetite.

Today’s great failure of our institutions and world is because men are slaves of their appetite, and they would do anything to satisfy that appetite. It could be sex, drink, food or what have you?

2. Once again he the devil challenges His sonship. He played on His pride. He then asked Him to throw Himself down so the angels would save Him. Satan suggested to him to abuse power again, but justifies His trick with a scriptural quotation. Please the fact that one quotes the scriptures does not mean he or she is right. The Lord saw his error and then gave him the right scripture. Have a good understanding of the scriptures, so you would not be deceived.

3. Lastly, he tempted Him with an offer of reigning over the kingdoms of the earth, and so demanded that Jesus worships Him. He tricked Him this time too, by telling Jesus all the kingdoms were his, and must worship Him. Worshipping Him means Jesus had submitted His superior authority into His hands. The Lord refused, and declared that only God must be worshipped.

How did the Lord overcome all these?

Jesus had decided to please and honour His Father before His personal considerations. Failure always results from placing our own interests before God’s word. The Lord then used the word to stop the devil.

CONFESSIONS

Father, you are highly exalted, I live to honour you. My interest only leads to failure. It is in pleasing you that I win over the tricks and strategies of the wicked one. I will always seek your glory and honour always.

THOUGHT: IF YOU PLACE GOD FIRST YOU CANNOT BE LAST, YOU WOULD BE SECOND

FURTHER STUDIES

Matt 4:4 KJV “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Matt 4:10 KJV “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

KEY SCRIPTURE:1Co 2:16 KJV” For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

Our key scripture asks, who has the mind of Christ? He answers his question by saying we have the mind of Christ. We have considered a number of thoughts concerning the mind of Christ. Jesus is filled with thoughts of pleasing the father. This is exactly what should occupy our minds. We must be consumed with thoughts of honouring and pleasing the Father. This should culminate in actions that would bring satisfaction to the heart of the master.

The son said I always do that which please the fathers. Our minds ought to be filled with ways that we could be of useful service unto Him. We could serve Him by winning souls unto Him as He has commissioned in the great commission. We could also serve Him by serving in the body of Christ in various capacities. Example is serving in the choir, serving in protocol teams, serving in the intercessors group, or individually cleaning up the church.

We bear the mind of our master by maintaining a Christ consciousness. A Christ consciousness is to acknowledge that it is no longer us that live, but Christ who lives in us. Gal 2:20a”. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” In this mental state we see ourselves as Jesus Himself who has taken over our bodies. We talk as He would talk. We love as He loved. We forgive as He would forgive. We heal the sick as He would heal. We maintain that sense of Him living through us and doing things through us.

With this way of thinking sin is not a factor. Fear of various forms is non existent. We see Satan as fully defeated who cannot stop us from doing whatsoever the Lord asks us to do for Him. He is at home in us and we face all challenges with the mind of a master. We do not consider failure as an option. It is Christ in us, not us and so, we can’t be victims, but will always be victors.

CONFESSION

Christ in me, the hope of glory, an end to shame, failure, disease, hatred, anger, but now I am filled with peace, power, and prosperity. I am the light of my world.

THOUGHT:  MAINTAIN THE MIND OF CHRIST AND WALK IN THE VICTORIES OF CHRIST.

FURTHER STUDIES

1Co 6:17 KJV “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”

Phi 2:5 KJV” Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Heb 11:6 KJV” But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

In this series of studies, we are looking at the various aspects of the personality of Jesus, His priorities, and His general philosophies to life. The Lord led the most successful life since He did everything to please the Father. He remains the best example for anyone to follow. During His days on earth, He showed us what moves God the most. He said faith in God moves God into action. Our key scripture shows us that without faith, it is impossible to please or attract  God. The Lord Jesus was always moved with excitement when He encountered anyone who expressed faith in God, or Him. In Matt 8:9 when the centurion who sent for Jesus to come to heal his servant, sent to tell Jesus that, he was not fitting to have Jesus under his roof, but the Lord should only say the word and his servant would be healed. The Lord was really amazed at that answer. He quickly asked them to go for the servant was healed.

Why is faith in God so important to Him?

God is a Spirit. Faith is operated through the heart, where the spirit of man is Faith is also an act of the spirit. God can only be encountered not in the senses or reason but through the spirit. Believing God also declares that God is just or righteous. God subsequently justifies he that believes in Him. Rom 10:10 KJV “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.” We believe with the heart and so are justified or made righteous. The Bible is such an amazing book because it is a compilation of the exploits of people of faith.

Believing God’s word is of great importance to us. Jesus described little children as the kind of people that have easy access to heaven and the father as well. Children are very receptive and easily yield. This is what faith in God is all about. It is a total surrender unto God. Faith is casting your life on the faithfulness of God.

Faith in God is not a mental issue yet it begins with a decision to let the heart yield to what the word says. It grows by yielding to the word of God. Faith also grows through meditation on the word. Finally, our faith gets more robust through practicing the word.

Matt 7:24 KJV” Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:”

Just consider this scripture. Heb 11:33 KJV” Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, He Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.”

CONFESSION

Thank you, heavenly Father, for the gift of faith. Faith is not an initiative of us men, rather it comes from you, God by your faith in us we overcome every onslaught of the devil .

THOUGHT: MY FAITH DELIVERS VICTORY INTO MY HANDS, AND I CAN’T GIVE UP ON IT

FURTHER STUDIES

Heb 10:35 KJV Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Heb 11:1 KJV” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 15:15 KJV” Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”

The Lord Jesus was a very diligent leader who was very serious with whatever He did. Despite His diligence to duty, He found time to relate to His disciples in a very cordial way. He actually got the best out of them, because never broke the laws of God. He said I sanctify myself so they may be sanctified. He was a real motivation to them in all things. In Paul’s letter to Timothy, He encouraged him not to make anyone despises His youth, but to be an example,

1Tim 4:12 KJV “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

The Lord was also an example to His disciples. They were even prepared to die like He died.

We see the friendliness in the master when He called His disciples. He has some of them nicknames. Mark 3:17 KJV “And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:”

In John 13:23 the bible said one of His disciples leaned on his chest. Can you imagine a leader who was so close to His disciples in such a way? Even Judas dipped his bread into the bowl of the master when they were eating. John 13:18. In our key scripture He says He no longer calls His disciples, servants or slaves, but friends because He has made everything known to them.

As I said in the first paragraph, it is in breaking God’s laws or word that makes leaders lose their authority. In spite of this, a leader cannot stoop so low, in such a way that His subordinates tend to despise his authority. In light of the above explanations, what makes friendship leadership very important? Good associations help in building loyal relationships. It only takes a devil to become disloyal, as Judas did. The bible called him a devil. Good associations help in passing on information or ideas on the heart of the leader to his associates in a quick and easier way. Such information flows fast, and they learn a lot from the leader. The Lord Jesus taught His disciples more in an informal way than formal. As he walked along with them, He shared important teachings with them. They also asked questions without being afraid of Him. Jesus truly loved His disciples.

What makes leaders to relate on cordial levels with their associates? The answer is Humility. It takes a humble mind to relate in a very cordial and friendly way with your associates. Those who maintain a stern bossy face soon lose their associates. The man may not brake away but might have broken away in his heart.

PRAYER.

Dear Father I pray for all leaders to be real examples to their associates, yet very friendly as well to them. May they play these two roles to perfection.

THOUGHT: A FRIENDLY LEADER WINS HIS ASSOCIATES

FURTHER STUDIES

John 13:1 KJV “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”

John 15:15 KJV” Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 14:10 KJV” Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”

On our key scripture, the Lord spoke about the Father in Him who does the works. Who is the father in Him? Before the birth of Christ, the Angel explained to Mary, the to be mother of Jesus, what would be happening to her. “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore, also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35. Jesus came from the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is the Father in Him. The Lord throughout His ministry consistently remarked that He did nothing without the Father. John 5:30 KJV” I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”

The preceding verse is a very strong statement. The Lord said He does not seek His own will in whatever He foes. This implies He must of necessity ask the counsel of the Spirit before taking any step. In His mind the only sure way for a successful lifestyle is to do always the will of the Father.

He said in John 8:29 Joh 8:29 KJV And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. What a life!  In the light of this He always go to the Father for His counsel. Jesús’ deep prayer life was as a result of His pursuit of the Father, to know His will on any matter. It would have been great for all children of God to relate to the Holy Spirit that way.

With this understanding, we must not treat the Holy Spirit as an extended boy.it is the highest level of ignorance of who the Holy Spirit is to say to the Spirit Holy Spirit go and do this or that for me. You must attend to Him with a great deal of respect. You may say something as Dear Holy Spirit or Please Holy Spirit. Qualify Him with an adjective of honour. Example Glorious Holy Spirit. He is God, the creator of the universe. Your proper attitude to Him gives you the right frame of mind to relate with Him , to bring results.

CONFESSION

Dear Holy Spirit, you are my father. I am totally subjected to you in all I do. I always seek His counsel and assistance in all matters. I have a heat and a glorious life, because I have the Almighty Holy Spirit ad my help.

FURTHER STUDIES

John 14:17 KJV “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”

Joh 15:26 KJV “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 2:17 KJV “And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”

An activist is a militant reformer. We have encountered such activists in men or women who stage a revolution. Such men are fearless and even ready to die to achieve their course of bringing the kind of change they desire.

The Lord Jesus came at such a time that the Israelites had a history of going through cycles of hoping from exile to hardships because they broke the laws of God. This was the reason for the synagogues and the evolution of the pharisaic group that taught God’s laws, so they would not enter into those punishments. As a result of this, they established the Pharisaic group who were the custodians and teachers of the law that would make them obey God’s laws and not incur His judgment when they broke the law. Unfortunately, these Pharisees and the high priest made the practice of the law a tradition of men. The Lord Jesus came to establish a new order of relating to God. It was also a new covenant. The Pharisaic order, coupled with the Roman administration was a very tall order for Him to overcome. He needed to be very strong and tough to penetrate this order and establish the new order.

He needed to be resolute and set His face as a flint. Isaiah 50:7 KJV “For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore, shall I not be confounded: therefore, have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” Flint is a very hard rock. From the very first time, He started His ministry to the final day He died; He was faced with hostilities. They were constantly at His heels to cause Him to err against the Roman regime or the law of God. The story of our key scripture is about The Lord Jesus who made a whip to drive out all those who were selling and changing money in the temple. He overturned their tables and actually cleaned up the temple.

He was not in any way afraid of their faces. He told them the truth always. Herod who killed John the Baptist, could not intimidate Him. Luke 13:32 KJV “And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.”

He was totally given to doing the will of God and so when Peter rebuked Him about not going to the cross, He addressed Peter as Satan who perverted the way of God but exalted the ways of men. Matt 16:21-24

 The Lord boldly went to the cross to suffer such shame because He came to establish a new order. What do we learn from His example?

CONFESSION

The student is never greater than the master

As the Lord selflessly committed His life to achieve so much for the Father, so do I commit my life, to also be an activist, challenging the standards Satan has set in place to influence humanity.

THOUGHT: A PLANTED LIFE WILL ALWAYS MULTIPLY RESULTS.

FURTHER STUDIES

Matt 10:24 KJV “The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.”

John 12:24 KJV “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 5:8 KJV” Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”

The Lord Jesus never prayed for any sick person to be healed. He always gave commands or just asked the sick person to arise. This was how the Lord instructed His disciple to do. Matt 10:8 KJV “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”

In our day, we mostly pray for a sick person to be healed. We can find this in the epistle of James to the brethren. Apostle James wrote. Jas 5:14 KJV” Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:”

Now, what is the impact of the James approach in comparison to how the Lord ministered to the sick? The two may be effective depending on the level of faith or spiritual understanding that the individual has.

Normally most ministers of healing who approaches the healing by giving commands to be healed on a number of occasions understand their spiritual authority. Because of the understanding they have about faith in God as well as the absolute defeat of the devil, they get quicker results.

A minister, Smith Wigglesworth met a man who had no foot on one of his legs. This man of God asked the man to go get knew shoes for his foot. The man acted on the instruction and went to a shoe shop. At the shop the shop attendant looked at the man’s legs and told him they don’t have his type of shoes, since he had no foot to wear a normal shoe. The footless man insisted he wanted a normal pair of shoes and even gave the size he wanted. The attendant found one which he paid and then put his clubbed foot into these pair of shoes. To the amazement of the attendant and the man himself, the footless man had a new foot growing out to fill the shoes.

This is a miracle which required the faith of the minister as well as the man. Miracles are normally worked out through definite actions of faith.

The Lord also instructed people to act out their faith. Examples are the blind man He smeared clay on his eyes and asked him to wash in the pool of Siloam. Another event is the lepers he asked to show themselves to the high priest.

May we learn from the way Jesus ministered to the sick, so we can also see greater results.

CONFESSION

I am a representative of the Lord. I do all things in His name. I seek the leading of the Holy Spirit to minister to the sick. So long as I act in faith God honours His word, to set the sick man free.

THOUGHT: ACTING LIKE JESUS BRINGS HIS KIND OF RESULTS.

FURTHER STUDIES

John 11:43 KJV “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.”

Acts 3:6 KJV “Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Matt 8:16 KJV “When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:”

Our Lord Jesus healed lots of people throughout His ministry days. How did He go about doing it? We would consider a number of instances that He healed the sick. Luke 17:14 KJV” And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

In the above scripture, the Lord was met by ten lepers who pleaded with Him to heal them. The Lord asked them to go show themselves to the high priest. Going to the high priest implied they were healed, and so had to obtain approval from the priest that they could be accepted fully into society. The Lord just said go show yourself to the Priest. Their healing depended on their obedience which also meant they believed His word. Indeed, as they went, they noticed they were healed.

Mark 10:51 KJV “And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.” In this second instance, the blind man cried to the Lord to have mercy on him. The Lord called him, and after asking what he would like the Lord to do for him, he asked that his eyes might open. The Lord told him your faith has made you whole. This time too the Lord did not pray over him but just spoke the word to him.

We look at another encounter of the Lord with a sick person. Matt 8:15 KJV “And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.” The Lord visited the mother-in-law of Peter who was down with a fever. The Lord did not say a word but just touched her hand and she was made whole.

In all three instances of healing the sick, the Lord never asked any of them to bow his head for prayer. He either spoke the word or asked them to do something and as they obeyed their healing was effected. The other lesson we may learn is that the sicknesses left with ease. When faith is real healing happens simply.

CONFESSION

Our Lord Jesus demonstrated to us how to minister to the sick. He spoke the word or commanded the person to do something. I will also do as He did and see the sick made whole.

THOUGHT: JESUS ALWAYS EXERCISED AUTHORITY OVER SICK CONDITIONS

FURTHER STUDIES

Matt 8:32 KJV” And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”

Matt 4:24 KJV” And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Matt 12:49 KJV “And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!”

The Lord Jesus is our grand example in every aspect of life. His approach to all things is God’s approved way to relate to that thing. We would for today, consider His mindset concerning His parents and siblings.

In our key scripture, the Lord was busily teaching a group of people, whiles someone came to Him and said, master, your mother and brethren are seeking to speak to you. The very normal reaction would have been, for Him to excuse the audience for a moment and then go listen to whatever they had for Him. This was not the case. He rather made the following land mark statement. Matt 12:48 KJV” But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!” The Lord Jesus at this point was not making nonsense of the Law that commands us to honour parents, but placing that great importance of taking God’s word first and doing it. The Lord said He came to fulfill the law yet pleasing God always came first.

What has always pertained is to attend to our family and do what they require. In some cases, their demands are contrary to the way and counsel of God. Now let’s consider the Lord’s criterion for being His disciple. Luke 14:26 KJV “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”

 Once again, the Lord establishes that, placing God the Father first in everything is the highest divine order of priorities in this life. He said if you do not love God the father above our families and even our own lives, we can’t be His disciples.

Do the events portrayed above mean that Jesus had nothing to do with the family? The Lord was indeed very close to His family. In John 7:1-5 we see His siblings discussing with Him, about going to the feast of tabernacles. When the Lord hanged on the cross, He asked John to take care of His mother and treat her as her very mother. This meant He never neglected His sonship duties to His mother.

In this study, we have learned that it is our duty as sons, and daughters to honour our parents, yet, we must always place our love for God above everyone including ourselves.

CONFESSION

God is the reason for us being alive, and so I place Him above my family and myself. I do play my role of honouring my parents and my siblings as well.

THOUGHT: IT IS ALWAYS GOD FIRST BEFORE FAMILY.

FURTHER STUDIES

John 19:27 KJV “Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”

John 7:3 KJV “His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.”